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La Ballena — Rota area. Sandy Atlantic beach. NW/W. Intermediate.

Spot forecast for La Ballena

Sunrise 08:37 · Sunset 19:43

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 11:50 · 2.4 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 18:09 · 1.2 m
High tide Wed 21 · 00:34 · 2.3 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 06:21 · 1.3 m

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La Ballena: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

241h

in May · 25.5 rideable days

The season runs from March to September, peaking in May: 23 rideable days a month and 241 hours of usable wind, at 25 °C. The low point is December, at 7 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 91%13-20 knots · 9%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 91% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 16 °C. The wettest month is March, with 248 mm.

Monthly averages: La Ballena

Monthly averages — La Ballena — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	9.5	83 h	17 °C	102 mm
February	12.0	105 h	18 °C	49 mm
March	19.0	186 h	18 °C	248 mm
April	18.5	163 h	21 °C	36 mm
May	25.5	241 h	24 °C	10 mm
June	24.0	216 h	27 °C	13 mm
July	25.5	222 h	28 °C	0 mm
August	24.5	182 h	30 °C	0 mm
September	22.5	167 h	26 °C	1 mm
October	16.0	119 h	24 °C	154 mm
November	8.5	61 h	20 °C	93 mm
December	7.0	44 h	16 °C	75 mm

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Technical details of La Ballena spot

The spot works with winds from N, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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